An autistic reflects on friendship with trees, lakes and certain birds Margaret King “Cantankerous and untrusting of people, he preferred the company of his cows, feeding them apples by hand and sleeping next to them….Woodward once had an ox named Old Duke who he taught to shake hands and roll over like a dog. ‘I loved him,’ Hall wrote, ‘and I could feel his affection for me.’” — Steve Edwards, “Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life” “When […] Continue Reading
